After four successful seasons at her high school alma mater, Kelsey Nunley-Moore has stepped down as Soddy Daisy’s softball coach.
Nunley-Moore informed her team Thursday morning of her decision, with the 2012 graduate and former Lady Trojans star explaining that she simply wants to spend more time with her family.
“When I met with the girls, I told them that I expected them to always give 100% effort, but I don’t feel I could do that right now, and that’s not fair to them or myself,” said Nunley-Moore, who took some time off during the season this past spring for the birth of her first child.
“The season of my life right now is to focus on my child. That’s the right thing for me to do, and our players deserve someone who can commit the time it takes to coach the team at a high level. Telling the kids this morning was probably in the top three of the hardest things I’ve done in my life. The reason I came back was to work with girls here at the school where I played and help show them how good they could be.”
During her tenure, she rebuilt Soddy Daisy into a consistent qualifier for the TSSAA state tournament. Her first season as head coach was 2020, which ended shortly after it began due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and while the Lady Trojans did not advance to state in 2021, they did the past three seasons.